Showing off.

So I'm pretty rubbish! I know that right now I should be doing a Christmas/New Year post, but I'm not! I cant find my camera cable and so therefore I can not upload and photos to the computer and therefore can not post about the festivities. I refuse to post without the relevant photos. So there it is! And here we are with yet another chicken post.....don't complain....be thankful!

This beauty is Myrtle, she is not at all tame, in fact she is quite wild but I love her anyway. I thought that she was lost. That's the problem with free-range hens, if they don't pitch up for a few days you don't really know if they have been eaten by a wild beast, sitting on eggs or stolen. Well Myrtle disappeared for a few days and when I came out to feed them the other day I found her sitting like this in the yard. All puffed up and looking quite pleased with herself.

So I asked her where she had been to which she answered by standing up to reveal these adorable little peepers.
She was pretty pleased with herself and continued on her way back into the bush with her trail of little puff balls behind her. I think she just stopped by to show off.

My Peepers.

When I moved to the farm I knew that I wanted my own free-range  flock of chickens, what I didn't know was that I would fall head over heels in love with my chickens! Yep I'm besotted! When they started laying I loved them even more, there are not many things that are more satisfying than going to the chicken coop every morning to gather free-range eggs laid by your chickie babies!

All my birds are named, none are destined for the table. They are egg laying pets. They come when I call them, most know their names and answer to them. Few will come in the house for a quick chat or to eat the ants that like to invade my kitchen. Luna and Albus will come in and sit on the bookshelf. Snape comes in to let everyone know that he is in fact the big boss, Bellatrix will come in to find Snape, she likes to keep an eye on him!

 My Leghorns, Mrs Weasley and Lavender are the shy ones but are also the best layers and when they do lay an egg they announce it to the whole neighbourhood, they make me laugh.

And then there is Luna, my love Luna, she is my favorite (don't tell the others!). She decided to sit on some eggs and now she has 5 little peepers. My goodness they are cute and she is such a good mummy. 

I know at his point of my post many of you are thinking that I might be nuts! Its OK, you my well be right! But I don't care! I love my chickens. 

Peeping out from under Luna's wing.